FLOWEES, FRUITS AKD SEEDS. 



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Pig. 29.— STBAWBERRT PLOWEB. 



fruits of this kind, formed by numerous ovaries, floral 

 envelopes and bracts combined, aU uniting and becom- 

 ing a succulent mass. 

 The common Fig, al- 

 though a multiple fruit, 

 is quite the opposite of 

 the Mulberry, and is a 

 Syconus, the peduncle 

 or fruit stalk, becoming 

 hollow, bearing the nu- 

 merous minute flowers 

 within the cavity, where 

 all are united, produc- 

 ing the flesh, or what is 

 usually termed the fruit. 

 The Strawberry has 

 the appearance of a Fig 

 turned inside out, but, instead of being the product of 

 many flowers, it is of only one, with many pistils, as 

 shown in figure 29. The 

 petals and stamens drop ofE, 

 leaving a central fleshy re- 

 ceptacle resting upon, or at- 

 tached to, the apex of the 

 peduncle. As this fleshy 

 receptacle enlarges, the ova- 

 ries or seeds spread apart, 

 either becoming slightly 

 imbedded in or resting on 

 the' surface of the mature 

 part, as shown in figure 30. 

 In the PomesB — Apple, 

 Pear, Medlar, Mountain 



Fig. 30.— STKAWBBEET. 



Hawthorn and Quince — there are from two to five 

 cells, with thin or thick walls, enclosing one or two seeds 

 in each cell in the Pear and Apple, or several as in the 



